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Track Santa’s Journey Using Tech!

Share the magic of watching Santa’s trip tonight. Gone are the days when you had to launch your own satellite to track Santa’s journey across the globe. Nowadays you can enlist the aid of tech to follow Santa and his sleigh around the world. These tech tools make it fun to watch Santa and see where he and his team of reindeer are headed next and when they’ll be visiting your town.

NORAD

NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, keeps close track of the skies not only to keep them safe but also to monitor Santa’s trip on Christmas Eve. To access NORAD’s official monitoring site, head to noradsanta.org and see a Christmas Countdown clock as well as global tracking of Santa’s journey. Spin the globe to find your town and see how close Santa is. Choose from eight different languages and explore the North Pole.

Here’s a video showing how NORAD will be Santa’s journey in 2013:

On the NORAD site you can also watch movies, visit Santa’s library and play reindeer games. You can also listen to Christmas carols performed by the US Air Force Academy band. Check out NORAD HQ with inside information about how NORAD tracks Santa.

Google Santa Tracker

Head to Google Maps Santa Tracker to see where Santa is on the map. See a Countdown to Christmas and visit Santa’s village, filled with games and surprises to pass the time while you wait for the Big Day.

And finally, here is an infographic from Christmas Tree Market explaining the physics of Santa Claus, Elves and the Workshop:

How does Santa create and deliver gifts to all the children in the world? Christmas Tree Market has put the wonders and science of Santa and his helpers into a visual guide to show you the Physics of Santa Claus. There’s a lot of work that goes into the production, storage, and delivery of Christmas gifts – so be sure to show thanks to Santa and his elves by leaving cookies next to your Christmas tree!

Your Thoughts

Do you track Santa’s journey? What are your favorite Santa tech tools? Did you know the history of how NORAD came to track Santa? Have you played any Santa games? How about reindeer games? Let us know in the Comments section below!

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*Special thanks to Santa’s helper Katie for her assistance with this article.

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What I’m really enjoying is the use of flat design in the Santa Tracker ad. I’ve noticed it flat design a lot in this holiday season – trying to learn how to do it on my own. Not always easy to see what to eliminate and what to include when designing in that fashion. I’m more used to realism.

I know that wasn’t the point of your post, but that’s what draws in my eye! Looks like these are some fun gadgets that might interest a youngster.Leora recently published this awesome post..Post Highlights of 2013

Hi Leora, Ho, ho, ho! Yes, the flat design is very popular now, probably with Apple’s help. The interactive design of these websites is very cool, fun for kids and adults!Carolyn Nicander Mohr recently published this awesome post..Random Acts of Christmas Kindness – Make Someone’s Day!